“As long as fools like you are alive, the nightmares will come again, and again, and again.”

Just when Cloud, Tifa, and the others had settled back into the peaceful routine of daily life, trouble yet again rises. Once again, it is born of the Jenova Project.

Hardly days after the second coming and destruction of Sephrioth, Shin-Ra once again delves into the mystery surrounding the Calamity and her Remnants. Unbeknownst to them, still another part of Jenova lays hidden in the Northern Crater…

Her diamond Heart.

Now, as word of the company’s discovery gets out, a new band of thugs lead by an ex-SOLDIER surfaces. Running rampant and unchecked in Midgar an the Edge, things turn violent as they ruthlessly slaughter and steal and destroy. Several all out battles have begun in the streets at times between members of the gang and vigilante citizens who are tired of seeing their city and families terrorized over seemingly nothing.

Several ex-Turks have also been called back into service once the gang, now known as the Black Hand, began to demand that Shin-Ra hand over the Heart in return for an end to the violence.

As the weeks pass, the attacks grow in number and escalate in ferocity. The Black Hand recruits new members by the dozen and they sweep across the city, taking sections for themselves. Soon, Shin-Ra is left with only two options: hand over the Diamond Heart, or engage in all-out war. Knowing the damage the Black Hand could wreak with the power of the Heart, Shin-Ra turns to Cloud, Tifa, Barret, and the others to help them bring down the gang so that the Restoration of the Planet can begin again…

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Alright guys, the concept is pretty straight forward. Cloud & Co. are going to, eventually, join up with the Turks and others that Shin-Ra has recruited, and take down the Dark Hand.